Grammar: Word Choice - 2017 tavaszi

The Channel Tunnel is 31.4 miles long, (0) _____ it the 11th longest tunnel in (1) _____ . It has the longest undersea portion of any tunnel in the world (23.5 miles). There are actually three tunnels down there - two for trains and a smaller service tunnel (2) _____ can be used in emergencies. Construction (3) _____ six years (1988-1994). Englishman Graham Fagg and Frenchman Phillippe Cozette (4) _____ out the ceremonial breakthrough on December 1, 1990. They didn't quite meet in the middle – the English side tunnelled the greater distance. Eleven special machines were used to (5) _____ the tunnel. Each of them was as long as two football pitches. One from the British side remains (6) _____ under the Channel. Another was sold on eBay for £39,999 in 2004. In 2014 a record 21 million passengers were transported between Britain and France (7) _____ the tunnel – up from 7.3 million in 1995, its first full year in operation. A pet travel scheme introduced in 2000 has (8) _____ more than one million dogs and cats travelling through the tunnel.